CONTENTS.
BOOK I.—Practical.—The Garden. Recreation. Fellowship. Friendship. Culture. Books. Counsels.
BOOK II.—Speculative.—Instrumentalities. Mind. Genesis. Metamorphoses.
"This book of practical and speculative essays invites us to the sunshine, the delightful atmosphere, 'the cool retreats,' and the quiet of the country."—Cincinnati Chronicle.
"Like 'Walden,' it will be bought and read, year by year, by the select few for whom it was written."—Hartford Courant.
"This book addresses us in a tone of remarkable serenity and repose, strangely contrasting with the lively bustle of the age and land we live in."—New York Times.
"The moral qualities of Mr. Alcott have probably more to do with the secret of his influence than his peculiar mental endowments. Every page of his writings evinces a singularly pure and unworldly character. They appear more like leaves torn from some fragrant antique volume, than the products of this competitive, rapacious age. They transport us to some peaceful island beyond the reach of the ambitions and rivalries of the day. He lives in a serene atmosphere, free from all secular perturbations. No earthly stain discolors the spotless whiteness of his soul. It is no wonder that he is listened to in speechless reverence by an esoteric circle, and that his words are clothed with an authority beyond the power of gaudy rhetoric or purely intellectual demonstration."—New York Tribune.
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